Insect Overlord wrote: » I think it's strange, too, to see the word "ego" used in such a negative sense in your criticism. It takes a great deal of self-esteem and confidence to put your work out into the world for public scrutiny. Any actor, musician, sports star, visual artist, author, commentator, entertainer, or presenter you care to mention relies to a great degree on their ego. They have to believe in themselves and in their work, both in order to create the things you consume and in order to discuss them with an audience. That tends to be the difference between success and failure. The people with the strength of character to recover from failure, learn from it, recognise constructive criticism and use it (or not) appropriately, these are the ones who "make it" on the grander stages.
Stonedpilot wrote: » Dont believe you need a big ego to be very successful very recent case is Rose Namajunas killing red hot favorite Johanna Jedrzeczyk in UFC. She was immensely humble in the lead up and after the fight. Difference between self belief and ego. Many far more successful people than Blindboy lot more humble in my opinion. Ego just wants to be right and self validated. Hence why he needs to be heard, jumping on any bandwagon that rolls into town.
david75 wrote: » This is the same thing that happened in marriage equality. There was a lot of people refused to listen to panti talking and couldn’t take what she was saying seriously as they saw it as a man in a dress. She was talking all the sense in the world but people couldn’t get past the presentation of it. Which is kinda ridiculous.
NIMAN wrote: » Who is ridiculous though? Us or Blindboy? Could Panti not have got the same message across dressed 'normally'? I maintain that the bag makes Blindboy a celeb. Without it, he's just another punter with an opinion.
Raven Rancid Slime wrote: » They both have careers outside of being rubberbandits. Blindboy's is in academia; sociology I think; so social commentary is kinda what he does. I think he's entirely sincere with it tbh. The plastic bag thing works. I've hung out with them and they are able to just hang out. You wouldn't necessarily pick them out of the group.
Dannyriver wrote: » I think you are reading Insect Overlords comments incorrectly, he s talking about ego in the sense of self belief and fearlessness around his work being rejected. I think you are looking at it from the point of view of the school yard where the lad who is doing something talented such as juggling a football or some other activity that takes talent and the other lads rather than applaud him or enjoy his abilities are standing by saying 'look at your man big ego on him, thinks he s great' It always says more about the onlooker than the participant. Frankly you know nothing about him and all this talk of him thinking he s great and all wise and knowing and a big ego and not humble , and whatever other **** you re pinning on him is all happening in your head. If you dig deep enough you ll probably understnd why but Im not going to guess as I dont know what you ve got going on in your life that causes Blindboy to irk you so much. At the end of the day he s just a guy trying to make a living out of being an artist.
Stonedpilot wrote: » No need to dig just think hes full of shyt. We all don't have to marvel at his alleged intellect. The word artist has become meaningless these days.
Raven Rancid Slime wrote: » They both have careers outside of being rubberbandits. Blindboy's is in academia; sociology I think; so social commentary is kinda what he does. I think he's entirely sincere with it tbh. .
NIMAN wrote: » You mean Dave Chambers is in academia....would like to think that in his real job he doesn't call himself a silly name.
Ulysses Gaze wrote: » The bag over his head is the last thing that I would criticise him for. His belief that the one thing vulnerable young men need is feminism is correct if we are talking about traditional feminism. But if he means modern, and very, toxic third/fourth wave feminism then he is quite frankly talking bollocks.
david75 wrote: » I think he’s using broad strokes and asking his considerable audience of younger lads to listen and get in tune with feminism rather than any particular brand of it
Dannyriver wrote: » You re the only one on here that s been talking about his intellect alleged or not. Musician, songwriter, producer, comedian, documentary maker, author....what exactly does constitute an artist in your view.
Stonedpilot wrote: » If I have a bit of fame and I fart into a traffic cone and loop it and release it as a single does that make me a musician?. Same artistic merit as his cough music cough.
Insect Overlord wrote: » Couldn't be any worse than your posts in this thread, tbh...
Wibbs wrote: » And it's still mindbendingly moronic a suggestion. Why the hell would any man look to feminism to help him? Feminism is as the name suggests always has been and is for women(fair enough), modern feminism demonises men at every turn, so what the fcuk it has to do with young men is beyond me, beyond idiotic to believe otherwise and beyond a joke to promote it.
Mokuba wrote: » Absolutely agree. Completely ridiculous that he is advocating for young men to become feminists as a way to solve their problems.
david75 wrote: » I don’t think that’s what he was doing at all but whatever.
I personally think that what these young men need is feminism – because when I’m down in Limerick speaking to lads that I know who are suffering from mental health issues, when I actually speak to them and get to the core of ‘what’s bothering you man?’ what they always say to me is ‘I have nothing to offer a woman’.
Mokuba wrote: » Of course he is Can people stop giving this clown a voice.
NIMAN wrote: » ... and of course without the bag and the silly name, he's just like me or you.
